MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Mayor Dyer and City

Commissioners Dean Grandin, Planning Official Temporary Use Permit - LDC2012-00308 Mobile Food Vending: Food Trucks, Food Carts and Lunch Trucks

A. Recommendation 1. Approve a city-wide Temporary Use Permit allowing Mobile Food Vending (Food Trucks, Food Carts and Lunch Trucks) on private property under a two-year pilot program. 2. Authorize the Planning Official to review and approve individual Mobile Food Vendors through a Planning Official Determination. 3. Temporarily waive application fees for Planning Official Determinations concerning Mobile Food Vendors for a period of 90 days from approval of this Temporary Use Permit; thereafter a $50 per truck/cart fee would apply. B. Need 1. Mobile Food Vending has become a local and national phenomenon, bringing activity and vitality to commercial districts and special events alike. 2. Approximately 25 Food Trucks (one type of Mobile Food Vendor) currently operate throughout the city. 3. Food Trucks operate either alone or in groups, typically on an underutilized portion of an existing parking lot in commercial zoning districts; they also operate occasionally at special events in residential districts at churches and schools. 4. Some Food Truck operators would prefer to operate within the street right-ofway, from on-street parking spaces. 5. Orlando regulations prohibit the sale of food and merchandise on city streets and sidewalks, except were specifically approved by City Council (Sec 54.27-1). 6. Orlando regulations prohibit the sale of food and drink within public parks, recreation areas and facilities, except under a current concession agreement approved by the city (Sec. 43.44). 7. Orlando regulations prohibit parking on any public or private street, public parking lot or any other public property for the purpose of advertising or selling merchandise (Sec. 39.22). 8. Mobile Food Vendor is not listed as a separate use in the City of Orlando Land Development Code. Therefore, Mobile Food Vending has been interpreted up until now as an Intensive Retail use, allowed by right in limited zoning districts (Mixed Use, Industrial, AC-3 or as a Conditional Uses in other Activity Centers).

Temporary Use Permit - LDC2012-00308 Mobile Food Vendors - May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Page 2 of 7 C. Process Staff is recommending, after considerable review of the issue, that Mobile Food Vendors be allowed throughout the City under the following approval process: 1. City Council approves citywide Temporary Use Permit for Mobile Food Vending. 2. Vendors obtain a license from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations Division of Hotels and Restaurants. 3. If operating on private property, Vendor obtains notarized letter from private property owner granting permission to operate on that owners property. 4. Vendor acknowledges: You are prohibited from conducting business on any public streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way or in any public parks. This restriction includes any sites that are partially located on the right-of-way, or require their customers to be upon the right-of-way to be served. 5. If wishing to operate within the public right-of-way or property, vendors must be ancillary to an 18A special event, obtain a concession agreement on all other public property (e.g. parks), or is a vendor participating under a right-of-way utilization agreement for a closed street (e.g. Church Street District). 6. Vendor applies for a Planning Official Determination. Application must include: a. A copy of the Vendors county Business Tax Receipt. b. A copy of the Vendors state license. c. A general site plan of the typical operation, including the Vendors home address, the name or location of the Vendors commissary, planned locations for the Vendors operations, the location where the vehicle will be stored, and photos of the vehicle and any associated signage. 7. Vendor obtains a Business Tax Receipt (BTR) to operate in the City of Orlando, per Chapter 36 of the City Code. D. Standards and Conditions 1. Definitions a. Food Truck. A vehicle (including trailers) operated by a mobile food vendor to prepare and sell food at multiple locations, typically operating at one location for more than 30 minutes. b. Food Cart. A mobile food vendor that sells pre-packaged food, such as hot dogs or boiled peanuts from a movable, non-motorized cart. c. Lunch Truck. A vehicle operated by a mobile food vendor to sell prepackaged food, such as ice cream and sandwiches, at multiple locations, typically operating at one location for less than 30 minutes.

Temporary Use Permit - LDC2012-00308 Mobile Food Vendors - May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Page 3 of 7 2. Locations a. Lunch Trucks are allowed throughout the City of Orlando in any nonresidential or non-public zoning district, except in the Downtown Core area shown on Exhibit A. Lunch Trucks may not operate at the same location more than 30 minutes in any 6 hour period. b. A particular private property may host Food Trucks and/or Food Carts one day per week within the following districts, as shown on Exhibit A. If a Main Street sponsors and advertises a special event with Mobile Food Vendors, it shall not count toward the one day per week allocation for a particular property: i. Orlando Main Street Districts (Downtown South, Ivanhoe Village, College Park, Mills/50, Audubon Park, and Thornton Park), ii. The Washington Shores Special Plan area, iii. The Milk District, iv. Regional retail shopping centers (Colonial Plaza, Fashion Square, Millenia, Premium Outlets, and Festival Bay Malls), and v. The Downtown Community Redevelopment Area except for the Downtown Core (refer to inset map on the attachment). The location in the above areas must be within a zoning district that allows Eating & Drinking Establishments. 3. Additional Locations and Restrictions a. Food Carts may be allowed on properties in non-downtown activity centers under covered structures, such as an arcade, at home improvement and similar stores daily, where the use is clearly incidental to the primary use. b. When not in operation, all mobile food vendors must leave the site and return to their commissary and storage facility. They shall not be left unattended. c. All mobile food vendors must locate on a property that has a legal principal use, and an improved surface (e.g. parking lot). 4. Permanent Food Trucks, Food Trailers, etc. If a food truck, trailer, or other such installation wishes to permanently remain on a property, it shall do so as an Intensive Retail (i.e. outdoor) use, only permitted in those zoning districts where such uses are allowed. All requirements of the Land Development Code apply (parking, landscaping, required building code matters, change of use to a higher intensity class, etc.). 5. Special Events. a. The City may authorize food trucks and food carts in the public right-of-way as part of a special event under the issuance of a Chapter 18A public assembly permit. Food trucks and carts must be ancillary to the special event. In the Downtown Core, the Church Street District is allowed vendors, including Food Trucks, as part of its approved right-of-way utilization agreement or any other City permitted special event. The future Performing Arts Center Plaza is also allowed vendors under a concession agreement.

Temporary Use Permit - LDC2012-00308 Mobile Food Vendors - May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Page 4 of 7 b. Rights-of-way under jurisdiction of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) require additional permits from the FDOT District 5 offices. Typically, the right-of-way is required to be closed to vehicular traffic. c. The City may also authorize mobile food vendors at special events for schools, religious institutions and benevolent organizations. Within residential zoning districts, such special events are limited to twice a year. 6. Downtown Core Area Restrictions. Mobile Food Vending is prohibited on private or public properties and on street rights-of-way within the Downtown Core area shown on Exhibit A, except as follows: a. A single Food Cart is allowed within improved pedestrian plazas of at least 0.10 acres. Available locations include the Chase Plaza, Suntrust Plaza, 55 and 54 West, Wells Fargo/Morgan & Morgan, Seaside/Signature Plaza with the permission of the property owner. b. Food Carts may be allowed in public properties and in parks/plazas within the Downtown Core area under a concession agreement, if approved by the City Council. Locations include the City Commons Park, Heritage Park, Amway Center Plaza, and future Performing Arts Center Plaza. c. Food Trucks and Carts may be utilized as vendors in the public right-of-way of Church Street as part of a Church Street Districts right-of-way utilization agreement, a valid concession agreement or other special event. Also, such vendors are allowed in the West Washington Street expansion of Lake Eola Park and on the periphery of the Performing Arts Center Plaza through the appropriate concession agreement. Food Carts in the above areas may be located there daily, and are thus not restricted to once a week (but may be limited by a concession agreement). However, they are limited to operating at any single location up to eight hours in a 24 hour period of time, and must be removed when not in operation. All mobile food vendors in the Downtown Core must be set back a minimum of 5 feet from any rights-of-way (unless the particular right-of-way is closed to vehicular traffic) and are subject to appearance review by the Architectural Review Board of the Downtown Development Board. If within a Historic District, a minor review is required by the Historic Preservation Officer. E. Operating Conditions for all Mobile Food Vendors 1. All Mobile Food Vendors must be located on a paved parking area; within the Downtown Core on private property, they must be located within a paved pedestrian plaza and not unimproved property. 2. May not damage required landscaping (bufferyards, parking lot landscaping). 3. Must be setback from adjacent residential districts a minimum of 40-feet without a bufferwall, and minimum 15-feet with a concrete bufferwall. 4. May not be located within 5 feet of any right-of-way or public sidewalk. 5. May not disrupt vehicular or pedestrian circulation for ingress and egress to the property.

Temporary Use Permit - LDC2012-00308 Mobile Food Vendors - May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Page 5 of 7 6. May not locate or block access to required parking for a simultaneously operating business on the property according to the Citys parking requirements. Sites that do not have excess parking during the operation of the primarily uses are not be eligible for mobile food vending. 7. Must comply with all regulations in the Land Development Code, such as signage and setbacks. 8. Food Trucks, Lunch Trucks and Food Carts shall not sell alcohol unless specifically approved as part of an 18A special event permit or other permit approved by the Police Department, and must comply with Land Development Code restrictions for the sale of alcohol near schools and churches. F. Maintenance Mobile Food Vendors shall comply with the following operating standards: 1. All operations must be contained within the approved vending vehicle, as permitted by the State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations Division of Hotels and Restaurants; however, a maximum of two coolers are allowed for beverages external to the vending vehicle or cart. 2. Vendor is responsible for the proper disposal of trash and waste associated with the operation. Vendor shall provide adequate trash receptacles for use by its customers. Vendors shall remove all waste and trash from their location at the end of each day/visit or as needed. The vendor must keep clean all areas of the subject property, and public rights-of-way within twenty-five (25) feet of the subject property, including grease, trash, paper, cups, coolers, or cans associated with the vending operation beyond twenty-five feet. This includes emptying city trash receptacles on the public rights-of-way that contain debris from the operation within twenty-five feet of the property. 3. Non-styrofoam packaging and cups must be used for serving containers. Styrofoam is not allowed for mobile food vending within the City of Orlando. Recycling receptacles must be provided for any packaging that is recyclable, if present. 4. Liquid waste or grease may not be disposed of in tree wells, storm drains, or onto the sidewalks, streets, or other public space. The vendor is responsible for removal of grease and liquid waste from the sidewalk and street surfaces resulting from its operation, or the unloading and loading of food carts. The vendor shall comply with all state laws for servicing the vehicle or cart for waste water and grease disposal, including commissary requirements. 5. If at any time the State revokes, suspends or expires the issued food vending permit, the Planning Official Determination for the Vendor under this pilot program is revoked or suspended simultaneously.

Temporary Use Permit - LDC2012-00308 Mobile Food Vendors - May 20, 2013 City Council Meeting Page 6 of 7 6. The Mobile Food Vendor is liable for all damages and repairs to the streetscape, trees and vegetation, sidewalks, streets, or other public amenities that relate to its operation. 7. Vehicles shall not hop curbs or perform any other illegal traffic maneuvers.

G. Duration 1. This pilot program shall be effective for two years from the date approved by City Council. The Planning Official may approve a one-year extension. 2. The Planning Official may revoke approval granted under a Planning Official Determination for an individual operator for non-compliance with any conditions of the pilot program. 3. The Planning Official shall report semi-annually to the Chief Administrative Officer on the effectiveness of the program.

Use Table: Where Mobile Vending is allowed in Non-Residential Zoning Districts Special Event: ROW or Park 18A Permit 18A Permit 18A Permit CRA Outside Core Main Street Downtown Core Park: Occasional or Permanent Concession Agreement Concession Agreement Concession Agreement Schools/ Churches* ROW/ Sidewalks Not allowed Not allowed Not allowed Regional Mall Allowed Allowed Allowed

Food Trucks Lunch Trucks Food Carts

Allowed Allowed Allowed

Allowed Allowed Allowed

Allowed Allowed Allowed

Not** allowed Not allowed Allowed in plaza

* Allowed at Schools/Churches, except up to twice a year in residential zoning districts. **May be allowed on Church Street as part of the right-of-way utilization agreement for vendors with the Church Street District or any other Special Event approved by the City, and Performing Arts Center plaza as part of a concession agreement.

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